Friday, June 8, 2007

An Old Friend's Invitation and the New Friend's Pending Leave

Yesterday, many substantial things happened on me.

First, in the morning I visited Dr. and he gave me a contact info of some Taiwanese in Beijing, who I will write an email to him later, and phoned Venus, who Dr. and I have not seen for a long time, when Dr. and I had our lunch in We Ke Hotel (物科賓館), a place where I had a pleasant conversation with Dr. and Professor Fang, a previous deputy chairman of some Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences. I was surprised at that Venus still remembered my status and asked me to tell her the result of my examination. At the beginning, she asked me how long I would stay in Shanghai, while the fact is that Dr. came to Beijing so that it was not me travel to Shanghai, but both Dr. and I called her from Beijing at the moment. She invite me to join a possible trip to Wu Tai Mountain (五臺山) in August, an get-together chance which I definitely look forward to.

Second, in the afternoon, Olive told me that he will left Beijing for Paris on July 10 with Henry, who got a internship in an insurance bank in Paris via Olive’s connection, and then stay in Luxemburg about two months before he fly to Boston to complete 2 courses in Harvard Law School, something he has to finish if he want to work for American law firms, instead of European law firms. Besides, he needs to take an exam in America so that he can qualify to work in China for those American companies. He has to get a loan for his short-term study in Harvard. I was sad to know that he might leave Beijing for about half year, because he is my best friend here in China.

Third, in the evening, the score was revealed and it was not ideal for me. Fortunately, I was able to book another seat right away next Saturday in this difficult situation. Thanks all kinds of Gods and all my ancestors! I have to seize each opportunity no matter what happened.

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